gun nerd

bird watcher

don't take my observations as opinions

[gun nerd @BitcoinNoder]

I just want to say my life is good. While working in San Francisco years ago, paying a $2,600/month mortgage, I kept asking myself how I could get out of it all.

From 1/4 acre:
$2,600 mortgage
$500 water/power

To 40 acres:
$0

I did it, I'm here.

[gun nerd @BitcoinNoder]

There is no Democratic Republic of the United States.

This problem exists outside California but outrage is very selective. Nothing will be done, or if SAVE is passed it will include some other clause to be easily exploited.

Vote with your money and vote with your feet.

[Bridgett Fertig @LightOnLiberty]

This isn't even new. In 2018, California's DMV admitted that approximately 1,500 noncitizens were 'accidentally' registered to vote through their "motor voter" program.

The Secretary of State couldn't even confirm if any of them voted in the primary or not.

At least one Canadian permanent resident was mailed voter registration after trying to replace his driver's license at the DMV, leading to the discovery.

[gun nerd @BitcoinNoder]

@GonanEdogawa @Excellion @AquaBitcoin @mark_engelberg I apologize for causing problems, it appears to be an issue with Proton Mails's email alias. I created a new one just to test and neither one is forwarding emails at this time.

Well try again later.

Thank you so much!

[gun nerd @BitcoinNoder]

@Excellion @AquaBitcoin @mark_engelberg Is the email code broken? I tried signing up but haven't got anything yet. Will try again tomorrow.

[gun nerd @BitcoinNoder]

Bro needs to touch grass.

[Ole Lehmann @itsolelehmann]

i'm obsessed with AI DIY projects.

my favorite one right now is this broccoli farmer in hokkaido, japan using Codex to run his 100-hectare farm

this guy never studied agriculture, never inherited land, started out as a civil servant.

but he wanted his farm to run better, and instead of paying an engineering firm he couldn't afford, he just built the tools himself.

here's what he's built on his own:

> remote control of his greenhouse vents from a chat app, wired up with an esp32 board, a motor driver, and cloudflare workers

> a bot that checks each greenhouse's temperature and opens the vents when it gets too hot

> satellite crop-health data laid over a map of his own fields

> an airtable base linking his plots, tasks, materials, and sensors

> wiring diagrams of his electrical panels, generated from a photo

stuff like this used to be locked behind machinery and engineers only the big agribusinesses could pay for.

but this legend just breezed past all of it with a laptop and Codex lol

[gun nerd @BitcoinNoder]

Pretty big hole.

Still hitting calichi. Stuff is pretty much concrete.

[gun nerd @BitcoinNoder]

Trying to get an Apple tree in and hit a layer of calichi. Gonna have to get in here with the mini excavator.

[gun nerd @BitcoinNoder]

@nestwings that's sad, poor little ducks

ducks are such great little animals, I'd do the same thing if anything killed mine

[gun nerd @BitcoinNoder]

We had 3 eggs in the duck house!

The little babies from January are starting up production.

[gun nerd @BitcoinNoder]

@nestwings eggs or whole ducks?

We've had a couple eggs we couldn't find and a couple got broken. They're selling for $9/dozen when I take them to the city.

[gun nerd @BitcoinNoder]

@nestwings 🙏

[gun nerd @BitcoinNoder]

@ClintHolme69329 That's some chunky hog.

[Clint Holmes @ClintHolme69329]

Eat more pork. 😊

[gun nerd @BitcoinNoder]

@Master2udarnit I'm gonna try a pork tenderloin once it's cleaned up. Then we have a young rooster that needs to go.

[gun nerd @BitcoinNoder]

There is now a smoker in my yard. Lady gave it to me for $150 and it all works except the Wifi App.

For some reason I don't care too much about having a Wifi connection to update when I least need it.

It smokes but needs a good cleaning. Even came with a half used bag of pellets.

[gun nerd @BitcoinNoder]

I really need a meat smoker. My competition is selling full on bacon and I'm out there trying to slang uncooked belly.

The butcher won't do it so he's able to use a Cottage Food license.

[gun nerd @BitcoinNoder]

Trying to get an Apple tree in and hit a layer of calichi. Gonna have to get in here with the mini excavator.

[gun nerd @BitcoinNoder]

@ClaudesBBQ Gordo is hungry

[gun nerd @BitcoinNoder]

@ElaineS50694570 We're just getting started but my wife got a homemade root beer last week that was cottage food licensed. It wasn't as sweet, more like kombucha. But I liked it. Got some really good beef jerky too. The law is great for healthy eating.

[gun nerd @BitcoinNoder]

@ElaineS50694570 The cottage food laws will let me sell cured meats. I already took a food handling course and applied for the license.

[gun nerd @BitcoinNoder]

@ElaineS50694570 I know we eat the pigs but they deserve a good life. Peter rabbit just needs to stay out of my veggies.

[gun nerd @BitcoinNoder]

I'm winning battles and the garden is slowly pulling through.

But the war will never be over.

1 jack rabbit
2 ground squirrels
6 pack rats

That little Ruger American sends them true.

[gun nerd @BitcoinNoder]

I have declared war on the rabbits and ground squirrels.

[gun nerd @BitcoinNoder]

@ElaineS50694570 They have thousands of acres around me but I will still do something for them way out on my 40. At least a water hole that I can fill when there's time.